Eggless Barley & Raisin Scones – A Scrumptious Breakfast to Start Your Day With!
I had my first shot of Barley when my mom thought I needed extra energy to pep up myself after my pregnancy. And Barley water used to be the regular alongside the loads of other tasteless, bitter and weird food on my plate 🙁 Never thought I would develop a liking for this grain. Thanks to internet I am loving it all over again!
My pantry now proudly displays this wonder grain and my breakfast table is always filled with a few dishes from it, Barley flavored water being the most common amongst all.
I did Google search and found that Barley has very weak gluten unlike wholewheat and may not give good results in baking recipes using yeast, which require kneading & rising. But can be fully replaced in baking which are leavening based. And I baked these Barley scones using Honey and lots of Raisins.
The scones are extremely scrumptious & tender with nutty & earthy flavors of Barley with the slight sweetness of raisins and honey in it. I got the idea of blending the raisins for the batter from ‘Healthy Eating for Life for Women’ (link is lost). The ground raisins in the batter gave a lovely color to the scones.
Ingredients;
(makes 6 scones)
- 1 cup of hand pound pearl Barley
- 1 tbsp of refined flour (optional)
- 1/4 cup of Raisins
- 1/4 cup of Honey of Maple syrup
- 1 tbsp of curd/yogurt
- 1 tbsp of Oil
- A pinch of salt
- 1/2 tsp of Cinnamon powder
- 1 tsp of baking powder
- 1/2 tsp of baking soda
Method: Grease a baking tin with oil and preheat it in the oven for 10 minutes. Wash and dry the pearl Barley. Hand pound the grain or grind it in a mixie. Take a large vessel and pour this hand pound barley. Add baking powder, baking soda, salt and cinnamon powder into it. Mix all the ingredients thoroughly. I avoided the refined flour in the first barch and added it in the second, the result was a lighter and fluffy scones, but I would still prefer the former over the later 🙂
Grind the raisins and curd in a blender. Take another vessel and add this ground raisins into it. Add oil and mix it well.
Pour the liquid batter into the dry Barley mix and give a gentle stir till all the ingredients are mixed. Grease the baking tin with oil and dust with a teaspoon of Barley flour.
Pour a ladle full of the above made batter on the greased tray leaving a gap of few inches. Bake the scones for 15-20 minutes at 200°C or till they look golden brown in color.
Take out from the oven and cool them completely (if you are lucky enough 🙂 Serve these eggless Barley Honey & Raisin Scones as it is or smeared with butter or fruit jam of your choice.
These scones taste equally delicious with Honey and a cup of tea!
The pretty Honey raisin scones from inside out! Looks gorgeous…Oh and taste great too 🙂
A bite from the golden beauties…love the raisins, honey and cinnamon flavors in them.
Remember the Palm sugar mixed fruit Jam I posted recently, its the same spread…Slurrpp!
Notes;
- Replace half of the Barley flour with refined flour if you want a fluffy and plump scone.
- You can add white sugar in place of Honey, but increase the liquid content accordingly.
- Use Barley flour instead of pound Barley, for an even looking scone.
- Makes a healthy snack box for the kids.
Try the three Barley Drinks I posted recently.
I am so in love with these scones. Baking with barley seems worthy considering it is such a healthy version!
need some time to explain..it is healthy,looks delicious,perfect for kids and me..:) and there is so much about this recipe..once i settle down..this is the recipe i would be trying soon..!
Wow looks awesome with all goodness and also perfect texture.
O those look amazing and I bet you can tell they are healthy while eating them! It looks delicious!
Look
Looks & sounds yummy 🙂
wow.. this is fantastic 🙂 I have never tried barley and this post is tempting me to give it a try 🙂 You are awesome I say.. you try a lot of different combinations 🙂 hats off buddy. Proud to be your friend and congrats on getting featured 🙂
@Nithi, Thanks, and me too proud to be a friend of yours 🙂
Looks so yummy and inviting scones..
Congarts on blogadda newbie..
Scones looks super delicious,healthy and prefect to enjoy without any guilt..awesome Sanjeeta..
Oh I lve these eggless scones 🙂
Wow! That’s really healthy scones and that palm sugar, oh my! simply couldn’t resist that.
Those barley scones look sensational!
Very healthy indeed, perfect to kick start the day…
I definitely don’t “do” enough with barley…these look scrumptious indeed. Congrats on your feature, as well…so cool 🙂
always enjoy your blog so healthy
@Rebecca, same here also 🙂
How ingenious. I would never have thought of barley scones!
I too am not very fond of Barley, but like you I have found a lot of recipes which make me want to try:)
Congrats on being featured!
Barley scones? That sounds so good! I’ve never had that before. I saw a recipe on quinoa muffins recently that reminds me of these scones. Both sound heavenly.
Sooooooo healthy….thanks
Healthy and yummy recipe…
FunWidFud
Wonderful, Wonderful pictures! Love these babies!
I’m a huge fan of barley, so this is simply delicious!
These scones look amazing.I have never tried baking scones.Love the last picture of jam pouring out.So tempting.
Barley is the first ingredient I need to try next, surprisingly these turned out excellent despite almost no fat added. Yummy!
Your scones are perfect and they look so good and healthy!
What gorgeous scones! I love how healthy delicious they are!
congrats on the feature, barley scones..wow I would love to try these!!
sweetlife
Wow, healthy scones?!? What a concept! They look lovely.
Oh so this is what u had been having while tweeting! never would have thought of making scones with barley. u do come up with fab recipes.
Looks very delicious…Your have nice and lovely blog…Please visit my blog when you have time…
These look very lovely indeed! I never baked with barley – would like to try it – bet it adds a great flavor. Congratulations on your blog being featured!
These scones are so fun, love that you ground up the barley for flour.
I’ve had barley in soups, barley in salads and even barley as a side dish, but never have seen it in a scone! Amazing recipe and interesting to grind it up into a flour. Would love to try these!
So glad you connected with me on twitter so i could find your site!
I never used barley in baking, yours seems to be very interesting,
glad to follow you
love the eggless version
Wow, your scones look yummie, and I love the idea of barley…great texture, would love to have it with a cup of tea 🙂 Have a wonderful week!
Scones are looking great…and congrats for being featured in big adda. Your recipes are always so great and healthy.Cheers.
@Raji, thanks!
Wow.. looks so perfect and delicious.. Amazing presentation !! Thanks for the wonderful recipe 🙂
Lovely scones and as u said a perfect thing to start the day with 🙂
Looks irresistible..healthy and yummy
Barley scones? Never heard before but I’d definitely love to try them.
Thanks for sharing, the last photo made me drool instantly
They look so wholesome! I’d love to try these.
What a great idea adding barley to scones! I usually just drink barley water.
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